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\ Letters Patent No. 70,952, dated November 19. 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN FANS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, OTTO BRCK, of No, 17% Eldridge street, New York, inthe county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fans and I do hereby declare 'that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing,.forming part of this specification, in whichdrawingt Figure 1 is an elevation of the fan extended and expanded.

Figure 2 is a central section thereof. I Figure 3 represents the fanclosed up and concealed in the outer case. Y Similar letters indicatecorresponding parts.

This invention consists in afan of novel construction, which can be wornand used by itself, or be combined with other articles of personal use,as, for example, with a card-case, or a pocket-book, or a parasol, or,in general terms, with any article which is not too bulky or too heavyto be conveniently handled. In this example I have .shown my fan in aseparate state, in which condition it v can be worn and used withoutconnecting it with any other article. Its connection or combination withother articles is accomplished by attaching the outer case of the fan tosuch an article in any convenient manner.

`'.lhe letter a designates a tubular case, which encloses the fan whenin a shut-up condition, and-which, when the fan is not combined withother articles, forms the handleby which it is held and used. The letterb desigi nates a secondary tubular case, which receives the leaves ofthe fan into itself when the fan is shut up, and which is so made andarranged as to slide in and out of case a, in closing or opening thefan, The leaves d of the fan are, in this example, so made and arrangedas to assume a circular shape when fully expanded, but any other shapemay be adopted to suit the taste or judgment of the maker. The depth ofthe folds of the several leaves is a little less than the diameter ofthe secondary or extension-case b, so as to allow said case to receivel. the leaves without destroying their shape. The extension andexpansion ofthe fan, and its closure, are accom plished by means ofcordsfgL attached to a movable head, a, which holds the centralextremities of the leaves k of the fan, and is free to slide up and downin case b. v

In lig. 1 the upper end-of case b is partly broken away, in order toshow said head e with distinctness.

The fan can be extended and expanded, and also closed, by means of pinsprojecting through the eases a b, h as shown in the drawing. In thisexample I have shown such pinsz' j, which project,prespectively, fromthe sliding extension-case b and the movable head e, so that they can beoperated by hand. The-pin z' of sliding case Z1 projects through alongitudinal slot, e,-made in the side of the outer case a, the ends oftheslot serving as stops to arrest the pin when the inner case has beenmoved in or .out the proper disntance` The pinj in the same wayfurnishes facilities for operating the fan, by pushing it out or drawingit into case Z1, the pin working i'n a like longitudinal slot c in'easeb. The ends of said slot serve to limitthe movements of the head.

The side folds or leaves of the fan, when ,the fan is extended, areseparated by the case along' the sides of which they extend down to theupper end of case a, to which they are fastened at h 7L, 'as shown iniig. 1. When the fau is shut, the said side folds are made to take-theirplaces along the inner side of case' b.

'.lhe operation of the fan is as follows: To extendand expand it fromthe condition seen in iig. 3, one pulls vthe cord g and draws out thesliding case Z) to the extent allowed by thc pin and slot e, the fanmeanwhile being drawn out oi' the inncr case, because the ends of itsside folds are fastened to the outer case at 7L L. When the case hasbecome fully extended, the fan is also fully expanded. vIn closing thefan, one pulls the cordf, and draws the case within case a, into whichthe case slides easily, and when pin 'L' has reached the bottom ofthe eslot c of case a, the pull on cordf begins to draw the head e downwards;and thereby to return the folds or leaves of the `fan into its sheath orcase, in which it is fully gathered when pinj has reached the bottom ofthe sioi. c of ease t. i

The size of the fan can be varied, to suit the maker, from the size of acommon pencil-case tothe size of ordinary fans, and the cases may bc ofany suitable material-metallic, wooden, or mineral. The leaves of thefan are flexible, to allow 'them to be turned into and out oi' case b. l

I am aware that a fan'nhus been manufactured in Meissen, Saxony, which,when drawn in, is entirely shut up i in its own case. Said fan, however,is composed of -a single'tube, into which the fan can be drawn, and, inorder to obtain a, fan of proper dimensions, the tube must necessarilybe made of such a, length that it is not very l convenient toom-ry. Bymy telescope arrangement the size of the whole device, when shut up, isreduced one-half, and a. fan is obtained which cnn be convenientlycarried in the pocket.

What'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Thetubular handle a into which slides the tube '6, which is adapted toreceive the fan d in its folded state, in combination with the tube heade, fan oZ, and draW-stringsf and g,'the whole arranged and combined suL-stantially as herein set forth;

OTTO BRUCK. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF,

AMASA A. REDFIELD.

